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Doyle New York: The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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Auction Name The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation Total Sales (USD) 446,090.00
Auction Date June 15, 2022 - June 15, 2022 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 189,800.00
Sale Number #22jk01 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 293,300.00
Total Lots 184
Sold Lots 182 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 191,600.00
% of Lots Sold 98.91% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 296,300.00
Unsold Lots 2 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 150.55%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
253 [STREETER COPY] SEARCY, I. G.

Map of Florida constructed principally from authentic documents in the Land office at Tallahassee...

 1829 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 44,100.00
123 BRETON, RAYMOND

A Sammelband of three works, all first editions.

 1665 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 USD 21,420.00
165 FERRO MACHADO, JUAN

[Text begins:] Senor. El Bachiller Don Juan Ferro Machado, Presbitero, natural, y Domiciliario de la Ciudad de la Havana, Obispado de Cuba, Visitador General de las Provincias de la Florida...

 c. 1689--1690 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 15,120.00
135 [CHASE, WILLIAM H.[ENRY], Trustee]

Sale of Town Lots at Pensacola, with a Description of the Place, Climate, &c.

1836 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 9,450.00
146

[COOKBOOK-MANUSCRIPT] A compilation of manuscript recipes and medical cures in a wide variety of hands.

late seventeenth-19th century USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 9,450.00
269 WILLIAMS, JOHN LEE

The Territory of Florida: or, Sketches of the topography, civil and natural history of the country, the climate and the Indian tribes.

 1837 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 9,450.00
168 [FLORIDA] HACKLEY, RICHARD S.

Titles, and Legal Opinions thereon, of Lands in East Florida, belonging to Richard S. Hackley, Esq.

 1822 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 8,820.00
184

[GEORGIA] Collection of 14 letters and documents.

1736 USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 USD 8,820.00
147

[COOKBOOK-MANUSCRIPT ] Compilation of manuscript recipes and medical cures in a wide variety of hands.

18th century. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 8,190.00
265 [WEST FLORIDA] CHESTER, PETER.

Three crudely printed land grants for West Florida,

1777 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 8,190.00
98

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayaam the Astronomer-Poet of Persia rendered into English verse.

 1903 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 6,930.00
266 [WEST FLORIDA] CHESTER, PETER.

Three crudely printed land grants for West Florida,

1777 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 6,930.00
152 DES BARRES, JOSEPH FREDERICK WALLET

The North East Shore of the Gulph of Mexico.

circa 1780 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 6,300.00
150 DARBY, WILLIAM

Memoir on the Geography, and Natural and Civil History of Florida, Attended by a Map of That Country, Connected...

 1821 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,985.00
169

Petition of Samuel A. Lawrence and others, Citizens of New-York, for Confirmation of their Title to Lands in East Florida, purchased from Richard S. Hackley,

1824 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 5,985.00
188 HAMILTON, EMMA and NELSON, HORATIO

Autograph quatrain addressed by Emma Hamilton to Horatio Nelson entitled 'veni vidi vici'...

 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,985.00
96

[FINE BINDING] Rubaiyat of Omar Khayaam the Astronomer-Poet of Persia rendered into English verse.

1899 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 5,670.00
257 [TWAIN, MARK; ROOSEVELT, THEODORE; and others]

The First Book of the Authors Club.

1893 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,670.00
140

[CIVIL WAR-CONFEDERATE] Constitution or form of government for the people of Florida, as revised and amended at a Convention of...

 1862 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,355.00
145 [COOKING] MARTINEZ MONTINO, FRANCISCO.

Arte de Cocina, Pasteleria, Vizcocheria, y Conserveria.

1662 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 5,355.00
209 LOAISA [LOYASA], FRANCISCO CARDINAL GARCÍA DE

Letter in Spanish, signed ("Frater] G[arci]a Card[ina]lis Hispal[en]sis"), and countersigned by Juan de Sámano, the royal secretary, to Antonio de Mendoza, Viceroy of New Spain.

 1541 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,355.00
62 [TERRESTRIAL GLOBE] BERTAUX, EMILE.

Globe Terrestre d'apres les Decouvertes les Plus Recentes.

circa 1870 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 5,040.00
122 [BOWLES, WILLIAM AUGUSTUS]

The Life of General W. A. Bowles, A Native of America - Born of English Parents, in Frederick County, Maryland, in the Year 1764.

 1803 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,040.00
191 HENSON, MATTHEW A.

Typed letter signed.

1929 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,040.00
215 [MANUSCRIPT MAP-MAINE] CHADWICK, JOSEPH.

Plan of part of the lands belonging to the Heirs of Brigd.r Waldo ...

1765 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 5,040.00
  • Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Piccolomini's De La Sfera del Mondo (The Sphere of the World), 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Vellutello's Commentary on Petrarch, With Map, 1525.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Finely Bound Definitive, Illustrated Edition of I Promessi Sposi, 1840.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Rare First Edition of John Milton's Latin Correspondence, 1674.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Giolito's Edition of Boccaccio's The Decamerone, with Bedford Binding, 1542.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of the First Biography of Marie of the Incarnation, with Rare Portrait, 1677.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Aldine Edition of Volume One of Cicero's Orationes, 1540.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Bonanni's Illustrated Costume Catalogue, with Complete Plates, 1711.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Important Incunable, the First Italian Edition of Josephus's De Bello Judaico, 1480.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: First Edition of Jacques Philippe d'Orville's Illustrated Book of the Ruins of Sicily, 1764.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: An Incunable from 1487, The Contemplative Life, with Early Manuscript.
    Leland Little, Apr. 26: Ignatius of Loyola's Exercitia Spiritualia, 1563.
  • Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 546. Christoph Jacob Trew. Plantae selectae, 1750-1773.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 70. Thomas Murner. Die Narren beschwerung. 1558.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 621. Michael Bernhard Valentini. Museum Museorum, 1714.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 545. Sander Reichenbachia. Orchids illustrated and described, 1888-1894.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1018. Marinetti, Boccioni, Pratella Futurism - Comprehensive collection of 35 Futurist manifestos, some of them exceptionally rare. 1909-1933.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 634. August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof. 3 Original Drawings, around 1740.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 671. Jacob / Picasso. Chronique des Temps, 1956.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1260. Mary Webb. Sarn. 1948. Lucie Weill Art Deco Binding.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 508. Felix Bonfils. 108 large-format photographs of Syria and Palestine.
    Jeschke Jadi
    Auction 151
    Saturday, April 27, 2024
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 967. Dante Aligheri and Salvador Dali. Divina Commedia, 1963.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1316. Tolouse-Lautrec. Dessinateur. Duhayon binding, 1948.
    Jeschke Jádi, Apr. 27: Lot 1303. Regards sur Paris. Braque, Picasso, Masson, 1962.
  • Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: McCarthy (Cormac). Cities of the Plain, N.Y., 1998, First Edn., signed on hf. title; together with Uncorrected Proof and Uncorrected Advance Reading Copies, both signed by the Author. €800 to €1,000.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Stanihurst (Richard). De Rebus in Hibernia Gestis, Libri Quattuor, sm. 4to Antwerp (Christi. Plantium) 1584. First Edn. €525 to €750.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Fleischer (Nat.) Jack Dempsey The Idol of Fistiana, An Intimate Narrative, N.Y., 1929, First Edn. Signed on f.e.p. by Rocky Marciano. €400 to €600.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Smith - Classical Atlas, Lond., 1820. Bound with, Smiths New General Atlas .. Principal Empires, Kingdoms, & States throughout the World, Lond. 1822. €350 to €500.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Rare Auction Catalogues – 1856: Bindon Blood, of Ennis, Co. Clare: Sotheby & Wilkinson. €320 to €450.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Mavor (Wm.)] A General Collection of Voyages and Travels from the Discovery of America to the Commencement of the Nineteenth Century, 28 vols. (complete) Lond., 1810. €300 to €400.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Mc Carthy (Cormac). Outer Dark, N.Y. (Random House)1968, Signed by Mc Carthy. €250 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Three signed works by Ted Huges - Wodwo, 1967; Crow from the Life and Songs of the Crow, 1970; and Tales from Ovid, 1997. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: The Garden. An Illustrated Weekly Journal of Horticulture in all its Branches, 7 vols. lg. 4to Lond. 1877-1880. With 127 colored plates. €200 to €300.
    Fonsie Mealy’s
    Rare Book & Collectors Sale
    24th April 2024
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: Procter (Richard A.) Saturn and its System: Containing Discussions of The Motion (Real and Apparent)…, Lond. 1865. First Edn. €160 to €220.
    Fonsie Mealy, Apr. 24: [Ashe] St. George, Lord Bishop of Clogher, A Sermon Preached to the Protestants of Ireland, now in London,... Oct. 23, 1712, London 1712. Second Edn. €130 to €180.
  • Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [RUTH, George Herman “Babe” (1895-1948)]. Signed photograph. Circa 1930s. 191 x 248 mm. $1,500 to $2,500.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HARRISON, Benjamin. Document signed (“Benj Harrison”) as governor of Virginia, certifying the service of Daniel Cumbo, a Black Revolutionary soldier. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: ONE OF THE FIRST PRINTED ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: FIRST PRINTING OF LINCOLN’S IMMORTAL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS. $4,000 to $6,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: HIGHLY IMPORTANT MORMON ARCHIVE. ALLEY, George. Archive of 23 Autograph Letters Signed by Mormon Convert George Alley to His Brother Joseph Alley. $10,000 to $20,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [AVIATION]. [ARMSTRONG, Neil A.] Aviation Hall of Fame Gold Medal MS64 NGC, Awarded to Neil Armstrong in 1979. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: NEWLY DISCOVERED FIRST PRINTING OF "WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE... " FROM THE ONLY NEWSPAPER ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN LINCOLN’S SECOND INAUGURAL PROCESSION. $4,000 to $8,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: THE MOST IMPORTANT GEORGE WASHINGTON DOCUMENT IN PRIVATE HANDS; GEORGE WASHINGTON’S COMMISSION AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF, 1775, ONE OF ONLY TWO ORIGINALS. $150,000 to $250,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: A VERY RARE ACCOUNT OF BLACKBEARD’S DEATH AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PIRATE ITEMS EXTANT. $3,000 to $5,000.
    Potter & Potter Auctions
    How History Unfolds on Paper:
    Choice Selections from the Eric C. Caren Collection
    Part IX
    Starting 10AM CST
    April 18, 2024
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: EDISON, Thomas. Patent for Edison’s Improvements on the Electric-Light, No. 219,628. [Washington, D.C.: U.S. Patent Office], 16 September 1879. $2,000 to $3,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: [VIETNAM WAR]. The original pen used by Secretary of State William P. Rogers to sign the Vietnam Peace Agreement, Paris, 27 January 1973. $10,000 to $15,000.
    Potter & Potter, Apr. 18: SONS OF LIBERTY FOUNDER COLONEL BARRÉ ANNOTATED TITLE-PAGE, “WHICH OUGHT TO ROUSE UP BRITISH ATTENTION”. $4,000 to $6,000.
  • Sotheby’s
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Winston Churchill. The Second World War. Set of First-Edition Volumes. 6,000 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: A.A. Milne, Ernest H. Shepard. A Collection of The Pooh Books. Set of First-Editions. 18,600 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Salvador Dalí, Lewis Carroll. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Finely Bound and Signed Limited Edition. 15,000 USD
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    Sotheby’s, Available Now: Ian Fleming. Live and Let Die. First Edition. 9,500 USD
    Sotheby’s, Available Now: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter Series. Finely Bound First Printing Set of Complete Series. 5,650 USD
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